Annapurna Labs
Annapurna Labs is an Israeli microelectronics company. Since January 2015 it has been a subsidiary of Amazon.com. Amazon reportedly acquired the company for its Amazon Web Services division for US$350–370M.[1][2]
History[edit]
Annapurna Labs, named after the Annapurna Massif in the Himalayas, was co-founded by Bilic "Billy" Hrvoje, a Bosnian Jewish refugee, and Nafea Bshara, a Arab Israeli citizen,[3][4] with investments from the independent investors Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, Andy Bechtolsheim, the venture capital firm Walden International, Arm Holdings,[5] and TSMC. Board members include Avigdor Willenz, Manuel Alba, and Lip-Bu Tan, the CEO of both Walden International and Cadence Design Systems.[6]
Products[edit]
AL212[edit]
CPU: 2x ARM Cortex-A15[7]
AL314[edit]
CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A15[7]
AL324[edit]
CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A57[7]
AL514[edit]
CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A15[7]
AL5140[edit]
It features:
- CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A15 @ up to 1.7 GHz[8]
- Memory: Up to 8GB
- Network Bandwidth: Up to 7.5 Gbit/s
AL21400[edit]
It features:
- CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A15 @ up to 2.0 GHz[9]
- Memory: Up to 8GB
- Network Bandwidth: Up to 7.5 Gbit/s
AWS Graviton (AL73400)[edit]
The AWS Graviton (AL73400) was announced in November 2018 at Amazon's AWS re:Invent 2018. It features:
- CPU: 16x ARM Cortex-A72 @ up to 2.3 GHz
- Memory: Up to 32 GB
- Network Bandwidth: Up to 10 Gbit/s
- EBS Bandwidth: Up to 3.5 Gbit/s
- AWS Deployment: Amazon EC2 A1 instances[10]
AWS Graviton2[edit]
The AWS Graviton2 was announced in December 2019 at Amazon's AWS re:Invent 2019. It features:
- CPU: 64x ARM Neoverse N1 @ up to 2.5 GHz[11]
- Memory: Up to 512 GB
- Enhanced Network Bandwidth: Up to 25 Gbit/s
- EBS Bandwidth: Up to 18.5 Gbit/s
- AWS Deployment: Amazon EC2 M6g, R6g C6g and T4g instances[12]
AWS Inferentia[edit]
The AWS Inferentia was announced in December 2018 at Amazon's AWS re:Invent 2018. It features:
- Inference-optimized machine learning
- Neuron SDK, integrated with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and MxNET
- Available in EC2 Inf1 instances
AWS Graviton3[edit]
The AWS Graviton3 was announced in December 2021 at the annual re:Invent conference. The company claims:
- Energy: The CPU uses 60 percent less energy
- Machine Learning: Up to three times faster for ML workloads
- Cryptographic: Up to two times faster for cryptographic workloads
- Scientific: Up to two times faster for floating point performance for scientific workloads
AWS did not disclose all the details on the new data center chip.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Amazon to buy Israeli start-up Annapurna Labs". Reuters. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
- ^ "Amazon buys secretive chip maker Annapurna Labs for $350 million". ExtremeTech. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
- ^ "Annapurna Labs: AWS' Secret Sauce". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ Rebecca Kopans. "If you can dream it, you can do it" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ Kristen Lisa. "AWS and ARM: Working together to re-invent the cloud". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ "Semiconductors fueling Cloud!". semiwiki.com. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
- ^ a b c d "Annapurna Labs on Wikidev". Archived from the original on 2019-10-02.
- ^ Cutress, Ian. "GIGABYTE Server Releases ARM Solutions using AppliedMicro and Annapurna Labs SoCs". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ "Mikrotik RouterBoard RB1100AHx4 RB1100AHx4 complete Extreme Performance Router with 13-10/100/1000 ethernet ports and RouterOS Level 6 license - New! :: Mikrotik Rack Mount Routers :: ICD Group, Inc". www.roc-noc.com. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ "Amazon EC2 A1 Instances". Amazon Web Services, Inc. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ^ Frumusanu, Andrei. "Amazon's Arm-based Graviton2 Against AMD and Intel: Comparing Cloud Compute". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ Frumusanu, Andrei. "Amazon Announces Graviton2 SoC Along With New AWS Instances: 64-Core Arm With Large Performance Uplifts". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ Morra, James (2021-12-01). [lectronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21182483/electronic-design-amazon-launches-new-graviton-server-cpu-in-challenge-to-intel "Amazon Launches New Graviton Server CPU in Challenge to Intel"]. Electronic Design. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
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